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It seems more like an ethical concern (mishandling customer data) than a political concern.

Ethical concerns should be raised at work, but I believe politics at work should be avoided.

There's no such thing as a group of people who agree about politics. They only think they agree until enough details start coming out.

The question is whether these differences are handled respectfully and people learn from each other, or whether they see it as a moral battle and end up hating each other. In the current cultural climate, the latter seems more likely. And I see no benefit from carrying that into the workplace.



How can you possibly claim to separate ethics from politics in a work context? The two are hopelessly intertwined.


Ethics in the workplace is about your behavior while carrying out your job duties. For instance: lying to a customer to make a sale and hit your quota is unethical.

Politics and ethics can intersect, for instance, if you are writing some graphics software and someone realizes it would make a great missle guidance system. Some people might feel that's perfectly patriotic and be happy to provide it to the DoD; others might never want to work on a weapon. Political opinions lead to divergent ethical codes.

But here with Coinbase it doesn't seem to be an intersection at all. It's unethical regardless of political persuasion.




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